These Are Just A Few Garbage Items Tossed Into The Covid Relief Bill

Congress is expected to vote on the second Wuhan coronavirus relief package that is tied to the omnibus spending bill.

There have been complaints – and very valid ones at that – about members of Congress and their staff not having enough time to read the text of the more than 5,000-page document.

We have frequently been told about the small portion of the bill that addresses the pandemic, like $300 a week in unemployment benefits and another round of direct pay stimulus checks.

Instead of being $1,200 per adult and $500 per child, there is a flat rate of $600 per person, with no distinction between whether they are an adult or a child.

The bill also includes funding for schools, health care workers, and vaccine distribution. Another round of Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans are also part of this bill.

That begs the question: what is in the bill that is not tied to the pandemic? Here are just a few:

Climate change is referenced multiple times throughout the bill.

The Covid relief bill lays the groundwork for a “Climate Security Advisory Council” pic.twitter.com/DK66scA970

— Tom Elliott (@tomselliott) December 21, 2020

Some highlights of garbage in the COVID relief bill.

Invasive Species assessment, mitigation and reductions. Price tag: $130,000,000 (pp 1594) pic.twitter.com/Ci5lReStU1

— Beth Baumann (@eb454) December 22, 2020

Apparently Congress is worried about “water resources on the Tibetan Plateau.” No price tag is associated with this, from what I can see. pic.twitter.com/RwMqn3maIC

— Beth Baumann (@eb454) December 22, 2020

Wait. It looks like it’s $1,00,000. And there’s a scholarship too. pic.twitter.com/oBLPhNk4N6

— Beth Baumann (@eb454) December 22, 2020

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